Raat Gayi, Baat Gayi?
Raat Gayi, Baat Gayi? is a 2009 Indian Hindi-language comedy drama film written and directed by Saurabh Shukla. The film features Rajat Kapoor, Vinay Pathak, Neha Dhupia, Iravati Harshe and Anu Menon in leading roles.
Plot
Raat Gayi, Baat Gayi? is a film about three couples and a keen observation on modern day marriage. Rahul wakes up with a bad hangover after a party the night before. There he had met a sexy young woman - Sophia. They got drunk and there were sparks flying. But Rahul doesn't remember what happened after that. Did they go all the way? His wife, Mitali, is in a particularly bad mood this morning, and Rahul suspects that she might know about his little escapade last night. Rahul starts chasing his night—trying to retrieve it—trying to find out what really happened. His friends Saxena and Amit are going through their own marital crises of sorts. Driven to his wit's end, he realizes he must seek Sophia out to restore his sanityCast
- Rajat Kapoor as Rahul Kapoor
- Vinay Pathak as Amit
- Dalip Tahil as Jaswinder 'Jas' Saxena
- Iravati Harshe as Mitali R. Kapoor
- Anu Menon as Nandini 'Nandi'
- Navneet Nishan as Jolly J. Saxena
- Ranvir Shorey as Gagandeep 'Gags' Singh
- Aamir Bashir as Prasad
- Makrand Deshpande as Party Guest
- Sudhir Mishra as Archana's dad
- Neha Dhupia as Archana / Sophia
- Anil Chaudhary
- Masoom Gandhi as Komal 'Chutka' R. Kapoor
- Brijendra Kala
- Shikha Markana
- Tarini Mishra
- Vivek Vaswani as Dr. Patkar
Soundtrack
The music of the film is composed by Ankur Tiwari. It consisted of 7 songs and 3 remixes. The music was released on T-Series. Lyrics were penned by Ankur Tiwari.Reception
The movie opened to mixed to negative reviews from critics. Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama rated the film with one and half stars out of five saying, "In a nutshell, RAAT GAYI, BAAT GAYI? offers a few laughs, not laughter unlimited!"Rajeev Masand of CNN-IBN gave the film two stars out of five and stated, "Raat Gayi Baat Gayi has the ingredients for a movie one would probably enjoy very much, but somehow they never come together."
Anupama Chopra of NDTV gave two and a half stars and commented, "This could have been a fun take on urban marriage but the script, by Rajat Kapoor and Saurabh Shukla, is absolute lead."
Nikhat Kazmi of the Times of India awarded three stars saying, "the film does augur for interesting viewing, providing an opportunity for a roll call of the entire current art house ensemble cast."
Awards and nominations
2009 New York South Asian International Film Festival
;Won- Best Film - Saurabh Shukla and Rajat Kapoor